NeuroVigil and the American Senior Housing Association Announce
Landmark Neurotechnology Alliance to Monitor the Aging Brain

February 03, 2015 02:34 PM Eastern Standard Time

DANA POINT, Calif. & LA JOLLA, Calif. & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The American Senior Housing Association (“ASHA”) announced that
NeuroVigil will deploy its award-winning neurotechnology to senior
living communities around the country to monitor the aging brain. The
official announcement was made by David Schless, President of ASHA
following a presentation by Dr. Philip Low, NeuroVigil’s Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer on Monday, January 26th at the St.
Regis Hotel in Dana Point, CA.

The alliance between the senior living industry and NeuroVigil will make
it possible to collect vast amounts of neurobiological data from
seniors. “We are looking at the biggest living laboratory in the world,”
said John Rios, Chairman of ASHA. The program will be optional, on a
voluntary basis, non-invasive, will not require hospitalization nor will
it interfere with medical care, and all data will be anonymized. The
program could be used by researchers to investigate changes in brain
activity induced by aging, or changes in diet, lifestyle, or sleep. The
data will be collected with iBrainTM, NeuroVigil’s portable
brain monitoring device, and processed by NeuroVigil’s proprietary
algorithms, including the SPEARS algorithm, which converts
electroencephalogram (EEG), into maps of brain activity.

“We have been following the groundbreaking work of Dr. Low and
NeuroVigil, and as an organization dedicated to life enrichment and
improving quality of life for seniors, we could not ask for a more
sophisticated neurotechnology partner to provide assistance to our
leading member operators and owners who have invested tremendous energy
to develop various cognitive enrichment, nutritional and wellness
programs. There is a considerable need to objectively analyze the impact
of these activities on a very broad scale and we are excited to be
assisted by NeuroVigil,” said David Schless, President of ASHA.

This announcement has been very enthusiastically supported by ASHA
members, many of whom have committed to launch this neurotechnology in
their senior care facilities as soon as possible based on various
factors. “We fully expect an initial launch well over 20,000 iBrainTM
units representing a conservative initial market penetration of less
than 1%,” said John Rios, Chairman of ASHA.

“Enabling seniors to participate in cutting-edge research studies by
giving them access to portable and non-invasive neurotechnology to
objectively measure changes in brain activity generated by the types of
life enrichment programs made available to them, will help shed light on
these programs. We are honored by this request,” said Dr. Philip Low,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NeuroVigil.

ABOUT NEUROVIGIL. NeuroVigil, created by Dr. Low in 2007, is a world
leader in neurotechnology and computational neuroscience, and is
dedicated to the betterment of the human condition by merging
non-invasive wireless brain recording technology with advanced
computational analysis techniques applied exclusively on human data. The
award-winning company has developed proprietary technology which
leverages the dynamic oscillations produced across the sleep/wake cycle
in order to systematically scan the human brain for signs of pathologic
activity, years in advance of cognitive or behavioral symptoms. The
company, headquartered in La Jolla, California, has an active program on
assistive neurotechnologies based at the NASA Research Park, in Mountain
View, California. For more information, please visit http://www.neurovigil.com
or contact press@neurovigil.com.

ABOUT ASHA. The American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) was formed
in 1991. Members of ASHA are executives involved in the operation,
development, and finance of the entire spectrum of senior housing,
independent living, assisted living, and continuing care retirement
communities. While most members are for-profit operators or financiers,
ASHA’s membership also includes a number of executives from leading
not-for-profit seniors housing providers and other prominent
professionals. For more information, please contact David Schless,
President of ASHA, at DSchless@seniorshousing.org.